ABSTRACT

Scholars at the intersection of business history and strategic management have argued for the relevance and importance of historical methods in the study of strategic management of organizations. We flip this argument and ask about the role of strategic management concepts in the study of business history. We analyze volumes of Business History and Business History Review and a representative sample of business history books using a comprehensive set of keywords, each related to a specific sub-discourse in strategic management. Our results show that as scientific communities, business history and strategic management have become increasingly similar in their conceptual overlap. This study contributes further nuance to the understanding of intellectual change across scientific communities, and the role of business history in the rise of management and organizational history.

摘要

商业历史和战略管理交叉领域的学者们争论历史方法在组织战略管理研究中的相关性和重要性。我们翻转这个论点，询问战略管理概念在商业史研究中的作用。我们分析商业历史和商业历史评论的数量以及使用一组综合关键词的商业历史书籍的代表性样本，每个关键词都与战略管理中的特定子话语相关。我们的研究结果表明，作为科学界，商业历史和战略管理在概念重叠方面变得越来越相似。这项研究有助于进一步理解科学界的知识变革，以及商业史在管理和组织史兴起中的作用。